The efficacy of houttuynia cordata porridge

The effects of Houttuynia cordata porridge can be divided into two main points. Let me summarize them for you below.

Houttuynia cordata porridge

Heat-clearing and detoxifying, diuretic and detumescent. Treat pneumonia, lung abscess, febrile dysentery, malaria, edema, gonorrhea, leucorrhea, carbuncle, hemorrhoids, rectal prolapse, eczema, baldness, scabies.

The effect of Houttuynia cordata porridge

1. It is used for coughing up pus and blood due to lung abscess, coughing due to lung heat, and yellow and thick sputum. The former is often used together with platycodon, reed root, winter melon seed, etc. to enhance the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and draining pus; the latter is often used together with lung clearing, phlegm-removing and cough-relieving drugs such as scutellaria, fritillaria, and mulberry bark.

2. It is used for heat-toxic sores and ulcers, and is often used together with Viola yedoensis, honeysuckle, forsythia and other heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs. It can be taken orally or used externally.

3. It is used for painful urination caused by heat, and is often used together with diuretic and stranguria-relieving drugs such as Akebia, Talcum, and Plantago.

4. It is widely used in modern times to treat lung abscess, pneumonia, acute and chronic tracheitis, urinary tract infection, etc. Modern pharmacological experiments show that this product has antibacterial, antiviral, immunity-enhancing and diuretic effects. Clinical reports show that it is widely used in the treatment of pneumonia, hemoptysis, upper respiratory tract infection, chronic bronchitis, whooping cough, influenza, lung abscess, cancerous pleural effusion, cold and fever, lung cancer, cervical erosion, suppurative arthritis, habitual constipation, acute bacterial dysentery, acute icteric hepatitis, nephrotic syndrome, herpes simplex keratitis, rhinitis, suppurative otitis media, mumps, papular urticaria, chronic pharyngitis, anorectal disease, prostatitis, lupus erythematosus, hemangioma, and prevention of leptospirosis, etc.

5. Common Chinese patent medicine preparations with Houttuynia cordata as the main ingredient include Houttuynia cordata injection, which has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and promoting dampness, and is used for lung abscess, phlegm-heat cough, leucorrhea, urinary tract infection, carbuncle, etc. Another example is compound Houttuynia cordata tablets (composed of Houttuynia cordata, Scutellaria baicalensis, Radix Isatidis, and Forsythia suspensa) which has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and is used for sore throat caused by exogenous wind-heat, tonsillitis, etc.